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Saturday May 19, 1979
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San Francisco Giants 7, Atlanta Braves 6 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, May 19, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Giants       0  2  0    1  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  -   7  9  2
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  2    0  1  -   6 15  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Andrews 2b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .182      Bonnell cf,lf         6   0   2   0     0   1   .281
Whitfield lf          5   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Matthews rf           5   1   2   0     1   0   .291
Clark rf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .265      Burroughs lf          5   1   2   1     0   0   .244
Evans 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .275        Office pr,cf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Ivie 1b               4   2   1   1     1   0   .220      Murphy 1b             5   1   3   1     1   0   .356
Tamargo c             3   0   2   0     0   0   .186      Horner 3b             5   1   1   3     0   2   .333
  Venable pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .333      Hubbard 2b            5   0   3   0     0   0   .236
  Sadek c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Benedict c            5   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  McCovey ph          1   1   1   2     0   0   .266      Chaney ss             5   0   0   0     0   2   .077
  Hill c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .160      Matula p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .071
Herndon cf            4   2   2   2     0   0   .311        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
LeMaster ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .333        Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Roberts p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spikes ph           1   1   1   1     0   0   .375
  Moffitt p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Frias ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .265
  North ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   7   9   5     2   4             Totals               47   6  15   6     2   6

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 24,799
Left on Base: Giants 3, Braves 11
DP: Giants 1, Braves 2
Errors: Whitfield, Evans, Benedict, Chaney
Doubles: Matthews 2 (10), Burroughs (7)
Home Runs: Ivie (5), Herndon (2), McCovey (2), Horner (2), Spikes (1)
Stolen Bases: Venable (2), Herndon (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Herndon (1), Horner (1)
GIDP: Whitfield (3), Ivie (1), Matthews (3)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts                 5     5   1   1   1   1   0  22   1.74
Moffitt                 2.1   4   2   2   0   0   1  10   9.00
Lavelle                 1.2   3   2   2   1   1   1   9   1.63
Curtis W(1-1)           1.2   2   1   1   0   3   0   7  15.00
Griffin SV(1)           0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.33
Totals                 11    15   6   6   2   6   2  50

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matula                  7     7   5   3   2   4   2  29   4.09
Devine                  2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.45
Garber L(1-7)           2     2   2   2   0   0   1   8   5.18
Totals                 11     9   7   5   2   4   3  43

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Bill Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Andrews lined to third; Whitfield grounded out
(first unassisted); Clark struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Matthews
walked; Burroughs reached on an error by Evans [Matthews to
second, Burroughs to first]; Murphy flied out to right; Horner
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Ivie homered;
Tamargo popped to second; Herndon homered; LeMaster singled to
left; Roberts popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Hubbard singled to left [Hubbard to second (error by
Whitfield)]; Benedict grounded out (pitcher to first); Chaney
struck out; Matula grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Andrews reached on an error by Chaney [Andrews to
first]; Whitfield grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Andrews out at second]; Clark struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Bonnell singled to left; Matthews grounded out
(third to first) [Bonnell to second]; Burroughs flied out to
left; Murphy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Ivie walked;
Tamargo singled to right [Ivie to third]; Herndon hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Ivie scored]; LeMaster forced Tamargo
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Horner lined to third; Hubbard singled to left;
Benedict flied out to center; Chaney lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Roberts popped to second in foul territory; Andrews
flied out to right; Whitfield flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Matula flied out to center; Bonnell grounded out
(third to first); Matthews popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Clark singled to left; Evans forced Clark (shortstop
to second); Ivie grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Burroughs singled to left; Murphy singled to center
[Burroughs to third]; MOFFITT REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING);
Horner hit a sacrifice fly to left [Burroughs scored]; Hubbard
singled to center [Murphy to second]; Benedict flied out to
left; Chaney grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Tamargo singled to right; VENABLE RAN FOR TAMARGO;
Venable stole second; Herndon singled to left [Venable to
third]; LeMaster was called out on strikes; Moffitt struck out;
Herndon stole second [Herndon scored (error by Benedict)
(unearned), Venable scored (unearned)]; Andrews walked;
Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: SADEK REPLACED VENABLE (PLAYING C ); LUM BATTED FOR
MATULA; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell singled
to center; Matthews grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Bonnell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 1.

GIANTS 8TH: DEVINE REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Clark grounded out
(third to first); Evans flied out to left; Ivie made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: Burroughs flied out to left; Murphy singled to left;
Horner homered [Murphy scored]; LAVELLE REPLACED MOFFITT
(PITCHING); Hubbard flied out to center; Benedict flied out to
right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Sadek batted left handed; Sadek flied out to left;
Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); LeMaster grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

BRAVES 9TH: Chaney grounded out (third to first); SPIKES BATTED
FOR DEVINE; Spikes homered; Bonnell grounded out (third to
first); Matthews doubled to right; Burroughs doubled to center
[Matthews scored]; OFFICE RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Murphy was walked
intentionally; Horner struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
5, Braves 5.

GIANTS 10TH: BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); OFFICE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GARBER REPLACED SPIKES (PITCHING);
NORTH BATTED FOR LAVELLE; North flied out to left; Andrews flied
out to center; Whitfield grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 5.

BRAVES 10TH: CURTIS REPLACED NORTH (PITCHING); Hubbard grounded
out (second to first); Benedict grounded out (second to first);
Chaney was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
5, Braves 5.

GIANTS 11TH: Clark flied out to center; Evans singled to right;
Ivie flied out to center; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR SADEK; McCovey
homered [Evans scored]; Herndon flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 7, Braves 5.

BRAVES 11TH: HILL REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING C ); FRIAS BATTED
FOR GARBER; Frias singled to right; Bonnell struck out; Matthews
doubled to left [Frias to third]; Office was called out on
strikes; GRIFFIN REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Murphy singled to
shortstop [Frias scored, Matthews to third]; Horner was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 7, Braves 6.



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